December 05, 2016 at German Consulate General New York in New York.
When we learn facts or store memories about episodes in our lives, one particular brain structure plays a very important role: the hippocampus. This structure is especially important for helping us create complex associative memories. But to do so, the hippocampus uses information that is detected and made available by different sensory systems. What we hear, see, touch, taste, smell are all used by the hippocampus to create complex and vivid memories.
In this event three experts from the areas of neurophysiology, psychology and cognitive biology will share their perspectives on how the brain, and in particular the hippocampus, mediates memory formation. We will begin from the perspective of cognitive and evolutionary biology: Prof. Lucia Jacobs, UC Berkeley will explain how sensory systems are used by the brain to enable associative memories and special navigation. Prof. Raymond Kesner, University of Utah will then explain how the different sub-regions of the hippocampus allow us not only to encode, but also to retrieve memories and Prof. Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany will describe the cellular mechanisms that are utilized by the hippocampus to enable encoding and retention of memories.
Speakers:
Prof. Lucia Jacobs (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Raymond Kesner (University of Utah, Psychology)
Prof. Denise Manahan-Vaughan (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Neurophysiology)
Moderator:
Prof. André A. Fenton (New York University)
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